By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Feb 11 - Nigeria's military said on Wednesday that about 200 U.S. troops due to arrive in the coming ...

The 200 troops will supplement a small team of American military officers already embedded with Nigerian forces.

Another possibility is Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin ( JNIM ), a group linked to al-Qaeda that has been active in the ...

Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists have killed at least 162 people in western Nigeria. Local officials say the attack ...

The U.S. has sent a small team of military officers to Nigeria, according to General Dagvin R.M. Anderson of U.S. Africa ...

There have been hints at more cooperation between the U.S. and Nigeria since, but this is the first confirmation that America ...

Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants alongside a surge in kidnappings ...

The Nigerian government has announced a military operation to tackle Islamic militants following the killing of scores of people, likely all Muslims. Meanwhile, about 180 Christians who were ...

Post reporters ventured to northwest Nigeria, where fighters affiliated with the Islamic State are on the offensive despite ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correctly identify the summit in Washington this week. It is the International ...

The crisis is compounded by a critical shortage of affordable, properly stored antivenom.